19 U.S. Code § 1561 - Public stores

Any premises owned or leased by the Government and used for the storage of merchandise for the final release of which from customs custody a permit has not been issued shall be known as a “public store.”

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 561,42 Stat. 978. That section was superseded by section 561 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.